One other thing I just read: Use a short, high-quality phone cable to connect your modem to the jack. Tripped over your cable? It may just be defective! A wire or something could be loose -- you are just getting enough power to do the handshake but not make the full connection? Judith To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk